Climate Comfort Score
65/100
Good
NOAA 1991–2020 normals Incorporated place · exact Census match 76°F annual avg Public-domain federal data
Fort Lauderdale, FL Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature, rainfall, and a comfort score, sourced from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →
- 76°F
- Avg annual temp
- 65/100
- Comfort score
- 68.8"
- Annual precip
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fort Lauderdale's primary NOAA station, FT LAUDERDALE.
The climate verdict for Fort Lauderdale
Warm-season cooling demand defines Fort Lauderdale, Florida, running at more than twice its heating total. The NOAA normal records an annual average of 76°F. Its composite comfort score of 65/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, milder than 56% of station-mapped locations and harsher than the rest.
- 76°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 65/100
- comfort score, milder than 56% of station-mapped locations
- 68.8"
- annual precipitation
Based on NOAA U.S. Climate Normals (1991–2020) - 30-year averages describing the typical year, not a forecast.
Avg Temperature
76°F (24°C)
Avg High
84°F
Avg Low
68°F
Annual Precip
68.8"
Annual Snow
0.0"
Comfort Score
65/100
Good
Fort Lauderdale sits in Florida, the #1 hottest U.S. state at 72.6°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Avg Annual Temperature
76°F
30-year mean (NOAA NCEI)
Annual Precipitation
68.8"
Liquid-equivalent total
Comfort score vs national 100-point ceiling (Fort Lauderdale) 65.0%
National median (64)
PlainClimate composite, temperature mildness, humidity, precipitation, extreme-weather frequency. Good for the Fort Lauderdale area.
How Fort Lauderdale compares with its closest stations
Against the 6 closest stations in the record, Fort Lauderdale averages 76°F a year, cooler than Fort Lauderdale Hollywood, FL (77°F) and Fort Lauderdale Executive, FL (77°F).
Corpus-relative placement
Where Fort Lauderdale sits across the climate record
These comparisons place this primary-station normal among station-mapped locations with the same NOAA 1991–2020 fields.
- Annual temperature
- Warmer than 99%
- of 6,861 measured location normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Wetter than 98%
- of 6,352 measured location normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Larger than 2%
- of 6,861 complete location-year normals.
How Fort Lauderdale compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fort Lauderdale's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
65 Top 44% milder than 56% of 6,189 station-mapped locations
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Fort Lauderdale's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 63 complete annual observations from 1914 to 2025, FT LAUDERDALE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.18°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Fort Lauderdale primary station fitted change +0.19 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76°F (24°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 77°F (25°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 79°F (26°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| April | 83°F (28°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| May | 86°F (30°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 6.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 9.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 7.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 18.7 |
| August | 91°F (33°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 83°F (29°C) | 8.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.1 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 10.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 12.1 |
| October | 86°F (30°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 79°F (26°C) | 7.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.4 |
| November | 81°F (27°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| December | 77°F (25°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Fort Lauderdale runs from a mild 57°F around January 14 to 91°F at the peak near August 4, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 7 through August 31, covering 56 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 1 to December 31.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 57°F around January 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is September 6, when 63% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is February 11 at 24%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 149 wet dates a year.
The widest day
January 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 18°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fort Lauderdale.
Where Fort Lauderdale Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 69 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 18°F.
Standing computed against the distribution of 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations in the PlainClimate database; only nationally notable standings are shown.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
January 2.9"
8.6 days with precipitation
February 2.8"
7.5 days with precipitation
March 3.0"
8.0 days with precipitation
April 3.7"
7.7 days with precipitation
May 6.6"
10.9 days with precipitation
June 9.4"
17.2 days with precipitation
July 7.6"
17.1 days with precipitation
August 8.3"
18.6 days with precipitation
September 10.0"
18.7 days with precipitation
October 7.3"
14.4 days with precipitation
November 4.7"
10.9 days with precipitation
December 2.7"
9.6 days with precipitation
Fort Lauderdale runs a summer-peaked wet season
37% of Fort Lauderdale's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is September at 10.0", on an unusually narrow 16.6°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: September, June, August, taking 40% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: December at 2.7".
- Winter share: 12% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
When it rains in Fort Lauderdale, it arrives in quantity
68.8" of precipitation falls across only about 149 wet days here, averaging 0.46 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 149 a year, 41% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.46 inches
- Most wet days
- September, about 19
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 8
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Fort Lauderdale's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
171
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4,175
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Places with a similar climate profile
NOAA 1991–2020 annual normals connect this location to non-geographic peers. Temperature peers use annual mean temperature; energy peers use both heating and cooling degree days.
Closest annual-temperature peers
What Fort Lauderdale's climate means for you
Fort Lauderdale runs 76°F a year - peaking in August, coldest in January.
- Air conditioning drives the bills rather than the furnace: 4,175 cooling degree days against 171 for heating.
- See how Fort Lauderdale lines up against the rest of Florida and the national rankings. See rankings
Climate Guides
Data-derived climate profile
How Fort Lauderdale's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · wet · low swing
Warm-season load persists through a relatively even calendar in Fort Lauderdale. Cooling totals 4,175 degree days, more than double the 171 heating measure, and the 16.6°F seasonal range is compact rather than sharply divided.
Warm-season demand is paired with a wet annual normal: 68.8 inches of precipitation at Fort Lauderdale. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The month-by-month bars distinguish a concentrated wet season from moisture spread across the calendar.
Fort Lauderdale's 16.6°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 76°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Fort Lauderdale. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Fort Lauderdale's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. They are descriptive ranges, not an official NOAA classification or a forecast for any specific year.
The year in four calendar signals
- Warmest normal
- August
- At 83°F (29°C) this is a genuinely hot month, in the top third of US stations, and the daily average understates afternoon highs.
- Coldest normal
- January
- The coldest month still averages 67°F (19°C), above freezing, so this calendar has no hard winter.
- Rainfall rhythm
- September to December
- September is typically wettest; December is driest.
- Mild-temperature window
- January through December
- Monthly means sit between 55°F and 75°F in this window.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average temperature in Fort Lauderdale, FL? ▼
The average annual temperature in Fort Lauderdale, Florida is 76°F. The warmest month averages 91°F (33°C) and the coldest averages 58°F (14°C).
How much rain does Fort Lauderdale get? ▼
Fort Lauderdale receives 68.8 inches of precipitation annually. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How many days above 90°F does Fort Lauderdale get? ▼
Fort Lauderdale averages about 75 days a year at or above 90°F, concentrated in August and the months either side of it. That is a count of days reaching the threshold, not a measure of how far above it they go.
What is the comfort score for Fort Lauderdale? ▼
Fort Lauderdale has a climate comfort score of 65/100 (Good), milder than 56% of station-mapped locations in the PlainClimate database.
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Fort Lauderdale? ▼
Fort Lauderdale has 171 heating degree days and 4,175 cooling degree days annually, a cooling-dominated climate. See our <a href="/guides/reading-weather-data" class="underline hover:text-brand-600">guide to reading weather data</a> for what these figures mean.
Where does this Fort Lauderdale climate data come from? ▼
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). Figures on this page come from Fort Lauderdale's primary NOAA station (FT LAUDERDALE, USC00083163).
Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Fort Lauderdale's primary station: FT LAUDERDALE (USC00083163). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 1224000). The reproducible method is an exact normalized name-and-state match; unresolved is an upper bound on facilities because spelling variants can be missed.
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